Radar Detection of Marine Mammals

Abstract

The long term goal is to develop a radar solution for the detection of marine mammals using ship-borne radar and demonstrate its performance. In particular, a solution using commercial surface search radars is desired as it provides a readily accessible technique for commercial shipping concerned about ship strike of marine mammals and/or detection for compliance with operating permits.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2009
Accession Number
ADA531701

Entities

People

  • Charles P. Forsyth

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Animals
  • Data Acquisition
  • Data Sets
  • Detection
  • False Alarms
  • Information Operations
  • Mammals
  • Marine Mammals
  • Observers
  • Radar
  • Radar Beams
  • Sea Clutter
  • Search Radar
  • Shipping
  • Signal Processing
  • Warning Systems

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Marine Mammal Biology
  • Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering.
  • Radar Systems Engineering.